Thousands of flights canceled due to weather

9:44 AM,
Dec. 28, 2012

Bad holiday weather caused the cancellation of flights across the country, including some in Shreveport.

Written by

Michael Doughty

Airports across the country have delayed and canceled flights due to the brutal weather system that left the nation's mid-states with below-freezing temperatures and sudden snowfalls this week.

The storm, which is responsible for several deaths, also brought record snowfalls in Arkansas, knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and disrupting plans for holiday travelers across the country.

"I was supposed to fly out Christmas," said Martin Shaw, who was camped out at the Shreveport Regional Airport Thursday morning as he waited for a flight for DFW where he would board a connecting ...